Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Educational, Health Care Plans have been sought in each month of (a) 2021, (b) 2020 and (c) 2019.

Monthly data on the number of Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) assessments is not available, but annual data is published at the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans.

The number of initial requests made for assessment for an EHCP in 2019 was 82,329 and 75,951 in 2020.

The department does not yet hold information on the number of EHCPs requested in 2021. This will be published in May 2022 at the link above.